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POST 01345E: DURING GLOBAL RECESSION USE SCARCE RESOURCES RESPONSIBLY (POLIO ERADICATION) FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01339E, 01341E, 013342E, 01343E & 01344E 3 NOVEMBER 2008 ****************************************** FOCUS NEEDS TO SHIFT TO OVERALL WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN Before the eradication pr...

POST 01342E: POLIO ERADICATION VS CONTROL—THE DEBATE CONTINUES FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01339E & 01341E 27 OCTOBER 2008 ****************************************** The topic continues to be hotly debated and perspectives seem to differ widely. For those of you who would like a statistical update ...

POST 01341E: POLIO ERADICATION VS CONTROL—THE REAL COSTS FOLLOW-UP ON POST 01339E 25 OCTOBER 2008 ****************************************** There was also myresponse to POST 00931E in which I wrote: QUOTE About the switch from eradication to control, imagine the world asking a mountain climb...

POST 01339E: POLIO—ERADICATION VS CONTROL FOLLOW-UP ON POST 01338E 22 OCTOBER 2008 ****************************************** Given the content of the World Health Report, which incidentally does not mention polio, why is WHO still trying unsuccessfully to eradicate the disease? It is the most ...

POST 01293E: MANAGING POLIO VIRUS 23 JULY 2008 ******************************************* Both the contributions have been cross-posted from CSU. A big thank you to Bob Davis and Evelyn Chege. Meeting in Geneva in May, the governing body of the World Health Organization passed an unusual...

POST 01259E: REPAIR/NON-REPAIR OF COLD CHAIN EQUIPMENT 29 APRIL 2008 Follow up on posts: POST 01258E, 01257E, 01254E ******************************************* Nasim Ahmed spells out his observations based on a cold chain survey and inventory and states that there are several factors justifyi...

POST 01186E : VACCINE STOCK MANAGEMENT Follow-up on Posts 01138E, 01164E and 01178E 13 November 2007 This posting contains three contributions. The first is from Modibo Dicko from WHO/AFRO who cofirms that different definitions are used in the AFRO region but plays down consequences. The secon...

POST 01178E : VACCINE STOCK MANAGEMENT Follow-up on Posts 01138E and 01164E 29 October 2007 This posting has been delayed for some technical questions. It contains three contributions. The first is from Henrique Menezes d’Alva from WHO/Mozambique. The second is from Terkula ben Alagh from Niger...

POST 01174E : ERADICATION EFFORTS 20 October 2007 Robert Davis from UNICEF/ESARO proposes the following analysis of eradication efforts. Food for thought and discussion! Proof of concept for four eradication efforts: malaria, smallpox, polio, and measles MALARIA The 1955 decision by WHO's g...

POST 01164E : VACCINE STOCK MANAGEMENT Follow-up on Post 01138E 30 September 2007 The following contribution comes from Femi Odegbami from Nigeria Dear Moderator and TechNet21 readers, I would like to thank to Dr Asfar and Dr Kartoglu for this important document. Naturally this publication ...

POST 01139E : QUESTIONS ON OPV Follow-up on Post 01128E 12 August 2007 This posting contains two contributions in response to André Yaméogo's question. The first comes from Steven_Wassilak of the CDC, and the second is a joint contribution by Hans_Everts and Benjamin_ Nkowane from the Polio Era...

OST 00101E : VVM ANNIVERSARY 2 June 2007 NOTE : I will be away for about one week in remote areas, and may not have access to Internet. Consequently, TechNet may be silent for some time. I have to use Webmail today and no function to insert links. So all links will appear in the text in fu...

POST 01083E : POLIO ERADICATION 24 April 2007 Sending two articles through Child Survival Update recently, Robert Davis (mailto:[email protected]) wrote : "The costs of eradicating poliomyelitis from the remaining infected countries, while high in the short term, are much lower than the lo...

POST 01078E : MEASLES MORTALITY 14 April 2007 We all had cheered at the achievement of the MDG's measles mortality reduction. In a more sobering tone the two following articles remind us that the battle against measles isn't won yet and there is still much to do. Thanks to Evelyn Chege and B...

POST 01059E : DILUENTS Follow-up on Post 01054E 27 February 2007 This posting contains three contributions. The first is from Femi Odebgami (mailto:[email protected]) from Nigeria. The second is from Karan Singh Sagar (mailto:[email protected]) from India and finally, the third is...

POST 01056E : USE OF ALCOHOL FOR VACCINE INJECTIONS Follow-up on Posts 01029E, 01036E, 01044E and 01051E 20 February 2007 I thought that the last posting would end the debate on this topic. But three more contributions were received. The first is from Augustine Akubue (mailto:akubueaugustine...

POST 01037E : SOLAR REFRIGERATOR Follow-up on Posts 01019E, 01027E and 01032E 10 January 2007 This posting contsins two contributions. The first is from Brigitte Touré (mailto:[email protected]) from UNICEF/WCARO and the second from Terkulah Ben Alagh (mailto:[email protected]) also fro...

POST 01023E : POLIOMYELITIS ERADICATION : MATERIAL OF INTEREST 9 December 2006 We are sending you six documents of great interest on the polio situation in the world. We are again thanking Robert Davis and Evelyn Chege who sent them in Tech Updates. To evaluate potential consequences of a...

POST 00987E : MATERIAL OF INTEREST 9 October 2006 This posting is sending you various material of interest reproduced from Tech Updates. Thanks to Bob Davis and Evelyn Chege. It starts with one message from Bob Davis. The full text of the two articles are available only on a pay-per-view b...

POST 00986E : QUALITY VS IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE Follow-up on Posts 00972E and 00976E 8 October 2006 This posting contains three contributions, but two from Giridhar Babu (mailto:[email protected]) who initiated this discussion. Though the first is from Adelaïde Shearley (mailto:shearleya@yah...